It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as it is to deceive others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld More Quotes From Francois de La Rochefoucauld It is not always for virtue's sake that women are virtuous. Francois de La Rochefoucauld virtuous virtue sake Our hopes, often though they deceive us, lead us pleasantly along the path of life. Francois de La Rochefoucauld deceiving path In friendship, as in love, we are often more happy from the things we are ignorant of than from those we are acquainted with. Francois de La Rochefoucauld ignorant The truest comparison we can make of love is to liken it to a fever; we have no more power over the one than the other, either as to its violence or duration. Francois de La Rochefoucauld fever duration love-is A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others. Francois de La Rochefoucauld may men A woman often thinks she regrets the lover, when she only regrets the love. Francois de La Rochefoucauld regret lovers thinking Absence abates a moderate passion and intensifies a great one - as the wind blows out a candle but fans fire into flame. Francois de La Rochefoucauld passion blow wind Consolation for unhappiness can often be found in a certain satisfaction we get from looking unhappy. Francois de La Rochefoucauld often-is satisfaction unhappy Few things are needful to make the wise man happy, but nothing satisfies the fool; - and this is the reason why so many of mankind are miserable. Francois de La Rochefoucauld fool wise men He who refuses praise the first time that it is offered does so because he would hear it a second time. Francois de La Rochefoucauld praise doe firsts We are eager to believe that others are flawed because we are eager to believe in what we wish for. Francois de La Rochefoucauld flawed wish believe Gratitude is a lively sense of benefits to come. Francois de La Rochefoucauld lively gratitude benefits There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from. Francois de La Rochefoucauld bits predicaments crazy We confess to little faults only to persuade ourselves we have no great ones. Francois de La Rochefoucauld great-ones faults littles There are few people more convinced of their own genius than those who complain of how stupid they are. Francois de La Rochefoucauld stupid complaining people Humility is the worst form of conceit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld conceit form humility It is not enough that we should succeed, but our friends must fail as well. Francois de La Rochefoucauld succeed failing enough We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld upset should One kind of happiness is to know exactly at what point to be miserable. Francois de La Rochefoucauld miserable kind knows When our hatred is too alive puts us below what we hate. Francois de La Rochefoucauld alive hate hatred
